By Jeremy Kirk | IDG News Service/ Posted on 8/22/2014
Mobile applications often don't warn users before a call is made, which a developer says could be misused.
A security precaution skipped in mobile applications such as Facebook's Messenger could be abused to make an expensive phone call at a victim's expense, a developer contends.
Phone numbers often appear as links on a mobile device. That is possible by using a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme called "tel" to trigger a call.
InfoWorld/ Full Article Here/ http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/mobile-apps-could-be-abused-make-expensive-phone-calls-248970
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